Category Archives: Culture

The Dalai Lama on Hope

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Here is a message we desperately need in these times – perhaps in all times.  From His Holiness, the Dalai Lama’s keynote address for Tulane University’s 2013 commencement, May 18, in the Superdome in New Orleans.

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The best graduation speech, ever.

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

It’s that time of year.  I seldom pay much attention to graduation speeches.  I can’t remember anything said at my own, nor do any quotes come to mind from celebrities whose commencement addresses get soundbytes played on the news every … Continue reading →

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The Worlds Revolve

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

As I scanned reviews of The Great Gatsby, I tuned in to one comment about the visionary quality of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book:  he saw the end of the roaring 20′s in 1925, before almost anyone else. Almost anyone else… … Continue reading →

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The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

We have all heard and read more words this week than we want or need. The ones that keep coming back to me were written in 1919, in a poem called “The Second Coming,” a haunting vision written by William … Continue reading →

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Singing along with Merle Haggard

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

In honor of a pair of local concerts Merle Haggard is set to perform the week after this, our paper ran an article and an interview with Haggard, a country music classic.  Unfortunately, I’m busy both nights he’ll be in … Continue reading →

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Economic imaginings

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

The key aim of this blog, as stated on my “About” page, is to look at “the reality in our fantasies and the fantasy in our realities.”  The phrase was inspired by James Hillman, who used the word “fantasy” to … Continue reading →

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